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Baz Luhrman’s unique style of directing has brought Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet out of the dark ages and plummeted it into the fast paced, technicolour world of the 1990’s. ... Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is often referred to as a “universal story”, it is able to travel to many different eras and locations and still the key themes and issues addressed are perfectly relevant. This is one of the reasons William Shakespeare has been praised so heavily for his literary genius. ...
The themes and issues that are prominent throughout William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet are still very relevant in modern society. ...
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is often thought of as the greatest love story of all time. The extreme passion of the forbidden love between Romeo and Juliet only adds to the desperation and tragedy of the story. The Folger Shakespeare Library, (2001), referred to Luhrman’s portrayal of the blossoming romance between Romeo and Juliet as the “sex, drugs and rock-and-roll rendition of star-crossed love.” McCallum (2003) also comments on Luhrman’s focus on the physical passion between Romeo and Juliet through the use of a lot of sexual imagery. ... Some literary scholars believe that both Romeo and Juliet were simply pawns of fate and their tragic end was brought about by the foolishness of their families. Others believe that it was Romeo and Juliet who created their destiny by rushing into things with a youthful disregard of the consequences.
Approximate Word count = 1212
Approximate Pages = 4.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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